1. Approximately how long ago did the first humans migrate out of Africa? About 70,000 years ago
  2. How does the port town of Muziris exemplify an early European obsession with Indian goods? Because it was the most important of 20 ports on the west coast of India.
  3. How did spices shape the Indian Ocean trade networks? What spices did they trade for? Why were they so important to the Europeans? Arab an African ships came to India for spices.
  4. How has the treatment of Jews in India been different from the treatment of Jews in other places in the world? What explains this? One of the oldest Jewish communities were formed outside the middle east.
  5. How did Vasco da Gama's voyage into the Indian Ocean transform the world economy? What long-term effects of da Gama's visit did India experience? He established a SPICE trade in the center of Europe.
  6. Why has boat building been such an important part of India's history? Because India is totally surronded by water